Summary Type of financial institution: Universal bank
Headquarters: Athens, Greece Assets: €67 billion (Alpha Bank Group, September 2010)
Project scope: Centralisation of banking operations of five international subsidiaries: Albania, Bulgaria, FYROM, Romania and Serbia
System/vendor replaced:Misys'Midas, Uni Systems' bMaster, mainframe- based legacy systems System/vendor installed: Flexcube from Oracle FSS Technology: Oracle, HP (hardware)
Current functionality: Full universal banking functionality, front-to-back office, including web-banking
Interfaces: To centralised systems in Greece, ATMswitch and card management system (First Data Hellas), Swift (via gateway located in Greece), local payments, reporting and accounting systems; Tonbeller's Siron AML and KYC software
Selection team: Bank Selection time: Six to eight months
Installation team: Bank, vendor, consultant (for testing), consultant (creation of user manuals and procedures manuals)
Installation time: Two years (first installation going live April 2008, last in November 2009) Level of satisfaction: Reasonably satisfied